Improvement in baling-presses



Patented Oct. 1, I872.

. P. W. YARRELL. improvement in Baling-Presses. N9. 131,805.

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INVENTOBi WITNESSES:

UNITED-STAT S; PATENT QF'FIGE;

PIERCE YARRELL, OF GARYSRURG, NORTH CAROLINA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALlNG-PRESS ES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,865, dated October 1, 1872; antedated September 30, 1872.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, PIERCE W. YARRELL,

of Garysburg, in thecounty of Northampton and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in (lotton, Hay, and other Presses, of which the following is a specification:

hereafter specified.

In the drawing, Figure 1 represents a plan view of my improved press, and Fig. 2 a

longitudinal section of the closed frame.

A represents the closed frame of the machine, which is inclosed in an outer framework, L, which serves to support the driving mechanism hereafter described. To further strengthen the frame A, so that it will be capable of withstanding the pressure to which it Will be subjected, I bind the same with bands or bars b 12, extending entirely round the frame and suitably connected together. At one end of the closed frame A is secured a bar, d, each of its ends being connected to the sides of the frame, and upon this bar is arranged one or more rollers, d, which serve to support one or more longitudinal bars, 0, having firmly secured to their ends a follower, D,: which fits snugly and works freely in the frame A. To

the upper edges of the bars 0 O are securely attached racks E E, or the racks may be cast with the bars, if the latter are made of metal, these racks being adapted to cog-wheels F F arranged upon the shaft 0, which is journaled upon the frame L, as shown in Fig. 1; and there are also two other cog-wheels, J J, arranged upon the shafts, which are adapted to cogwheels K K upon a shaft, e. One end of the shaft 0 projects from the side of the frame L, and upon this end is attached a driving-wheel, G, connected to any prime power. Upon the lower edge of the follower D is arranged one or more rollers, f, to enable the same towork freely in the box'or frame A. T6 the ends of,

the frame L is firmly secured a head-block, B,

this block, and also the follower D, being pro -vided or formed with concave surfacest' 70, as

shown in Fig. 2, for the special purpose of forming the bale of a slightly rounded or oval shape, so that when the bale-ties are secured in position they will not out into the bale, as is the case with bales formed in the ordinary construction of presses. The follower D and the block B are provided with slots or grooves ;work in grooves or otherwise, so that on opening the same the bale may be Withdrawn after being pressed. When the machineis in operation the doors are secured firmly in position by bars H, which extend entirely around the frame, and which can be pushed back from the doors when it is desired to open them.

The operation of this machine is as follows: A piece of canvas, or other material with which it is desired to inclose the cotton, is placed upon the bottom of the frame A, and extending the same up over the concave faces of the follower and head-block, and pieces are then placed upon the sides or doors of the frame'in which the follower works, so that the edges of these pieces will fall under the edges of the pieces which are placed on the concave faces. When this has been done the cotton is placed in the frame A, next the head-block B, through the top door I, and after the doors have been secured in their places by the bar H the machine is set in operation, which is done by means of the fly-wheel G being connected to a prime power, and which on being revolved will operate the cog-wheels KK, and, as the latter are adapted to the cog-wheels J J, will communicate motion to the racks E E through the medium of the cog-wheels F F on the shaft 6, and force the follower toward the head-blocks B, and thus reduce the cotton, hay, &c., to the required size. After the cotton has been sufficiently pressed the ends of the canvas are folded over each other to enl l J tirely conceal the cotton, and then the top door is raised and the bottom door dropped down, after which the ties or cords with which the hale is to be bound. and secured arepassed up through the slots 88 and t t and drawn tight and their ends secured. By folding the edges of the canvas over each other and securing it in this position by the ties there will be no necessity of sewing the same, as is the ordinary custom, and thus a great amount of labor and time is saved.

Instead of two bars 0 O with their racks E Ebeing used, there may be only one bar used with a rack upon the same, the bar being se-- cured in the center of the follower, and of course there being only one cog wheel adapted to the rack.

The above-described press can be employed with equal facility in either vertical or longi- 2d day of September, A. 1). 1871.

PIERCE W. YARBELL.

Witnesses G. A. VEDDER, James L. Noums. 

